Any skill level welcome to bid, from total beginner to advanced practitioner! Dan Barker, a native of Ohio, began to study cello at age 9. His primary teachers have been Linda Unkefer (Milwaukee Symphony), Don White (Cleveland Orchestra), David Chickering (Chicago Symphony), Crispin Campbell, and Andor Toth. He holds a postgraduate double diploma from Interlochen Arts Acadamy, a Bachelor of Music from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and a Masters of Music from California State University School of Music, Sacramento. He had attended festivals such as the Indiana String Academy with Richard Aaron and Nancy Snustad, the Weathersfield Music Festival with Roland and Almi da Vamos, and also has participated in Improvisational and Non-Classical workshops such as Music for People with David Darling and the New Direction Festival with Tim White. He keeps a busy concert schedule, performing regularly with regional orchestras throughout Northern California and in recital. Dan has had a thriving cello studio for the past 20 years in David, CA, and has recently relocated to Madison with his wife and two young children. Although he doesn't abide strictly by any one teaching method, he has had teacher training in the Orff and Suzuki methods and draws from these along with others in order to best suit each student.